Synopsis
When a confidence man disappears with Fred's grandmother's savings, the five children of the committee set out to find the man and recover the money.
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About the Author
Nina Bawden is foremost among twentieth-century writers of fiction for children. A reviewer in Publishers Weekly wrote: "I'll come right out and say it. For my money, Miss Bawden can so no wrong. Her stories area a perfect blend of humor and suspense, and that's a blend difficult to achieve." Ms. Bawden was born in London, England, and lived there until she was evacuated with her school during the Blitz in World War II. She later attended Somerville College, Oxford. She and her husband, Austin Kark, live in London, except in the spring and summer, when they go to their home in Nauplion, Greece.
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London: Penguin, 1970
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ISBN 13: 9780140304725
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Paperback. Condition: VG/GD++. y 1st. Edn, rev, 1st. Imp. FNL. SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1970 (1967)* Publisher: Puffin Books.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. Single crease to spine not to hinge. Slight dish. GD++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp & tight. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, slight age to paper throughout especially to page margins and edges. VG* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 140 pp. text. iv pp. author?s notes and advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- ?This is the story of how we became a gang of thieves. My sister Jinny says I shouldn?t start like this, giving away the story in the first sentence, but I think she?s wrong. If you?re writing a book, you?ve got to make sure the right sort of people read it, haven?t you?? So begins Nina Bawden?s children?s novel ?A Handful of Thieves?, a story narrated by Fred McAlpine who tells of his adventures with his four friends: Sid, Algy, Rosie and Rosie?s ?ghastly friend? Clio, all of whom congregate regularly at an abandoned motor racing track, where their meetings are held in an enormous old Humber saloon car.* This is a VG text copy of the 1st./1st thus. with minimal shelf wear reducing it to GD++.* 1970-01-01. n. Seller Inventory # 1507
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